Administrative fees refer to the fees charged by state organs, institutions, social organizations and other organizations to specific clients in the process of providing specific services to citizens and legal persons in accordance with the relevant provisions of laws, administrative regulations and local regulations and other procedures approved by the State Council.

Administrative fees have the following characteristics: First, they are non-universal. Take the license fee as an example. It is a universal public service provided by the government to apply for identity cards and household registration books for the first time, and there is no charge, but there is a charge for the replacement of lost ones. The second is restrictive, such as radio frequency occupation fee. The third is services, such as legal fees and arbitration fees. Fourth, compensatory, such as soil and water conservation compensation fees, cultivated land reclamation fees, etc.